RAPID Advances In Malaysia’s Jungles Demo’d By Astrosat
RAPID is a technology solution that maximizes practical use of ‘downstream’ data, i.e., data taken from orbiting satellites, for the use of first responders in disaster relief.
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Mobile Satellite Users Association Names Globalsat Group As Company To Watch
...the Globalsat Group has earned a mention in the Emergency Response category for its role as a provider of satellite services for the tsunami detection and warning system operated by Chile's government, through the local subsidiary Globalsat Chile.
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DigitalGlobe Is Providing Rapid Assessment Of Cyclone Damage For The Government of Fiji
Beyond imagery alone, DigitalGlobe is committed to helping the government of Fiji make critical decisions where lives, resources, and time are at stake.
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During 2015, NOAA Satellites Saved 250 Lives
NOAA satellites played a vital role in the rescue of 250 people last year from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters.
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Harris Enhances Public Safety Communication’s System Of Rockwall County, Texas
The system will serve more than 600 users from the cities of Rockwall, Heath, Fate, Royse City and McClendon-Chisholm.
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Hughes Mines Point-To-Point Satellite Links For MSHA Mine Emergency Operations
Hughes is providing point-to-point satellite links for mobile site-to-site communications that satisfies low latency requirements for MSHA’s high-priority network traffic/applications.
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ACR Electronics Offers A Handful To The Military… SARLink Handheld Device w/Immediate 406 MHz Emergency Access, Global Tracking + More
SARLink can be provisioned to operate on the DoD Gateway utilizing the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services airtime contract, or
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Damage Maps From NASA Could Assist When Future Quakes Strike
Quickly assessing and communicating where the hardest-hit areas are and prioritizing which regions or communities have the greatest need for first-response teams is difficult when a disaster unevenly devastates various parts of a large area.
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Blizzard by Moonlight
By late afternoon on January 23, snowfall totals were approaching records in many states, and hurricane-force winds were battering the coastlines.
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Asian Universities + Asian Nations Go Small… Monitor Natural Disasters w/Network Of Microsatellites
The satellites will be launched using Japanese rockets, or released from the International Space Station.
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